Hans Cloos Medal

The Hans-Cloos Medal is the senior award presented by the IAEG, given to an engineering geologist of outstanding merit in commemoration of the "founder of geomechanics".  The recipient is a person of international repute who has made a major contribution to engineering geology in his/her written papers or to the development of engineering geology and/or the IAEG in their own area.

The 2010 recipient will be Martin Culshaw of the United Kingdom.  Our congratulations, Martin.

MARTIN CULSHAW

Martin is an independent researcher and consultant. He is Visiting Honorary Professor in Engineering Geology in the School of Civil Engineering at the University of Birmingham and an Honorary Research Associate at the British Geological Survey (BGS). He has published over 130 papers, books and articles and over 120 technical reports.

He edited nine conference proceedings, and has organised numerous meetings and conferences and served on three journal editorial boards. Until April 2008 he was Director of Environment and Hazards at the BGS and the Survey's Chief Engineering Geologist.

He was a member of the BGS’s Executive Committee and has managed the Survey’s Physical Hazards Programme, the Urban Geoscience and Geological Hazards Programme, the Coastal and Engineering Geology Group and the Engineering Geology and Geophysics Group. He has been involved in engineering geological research, environmental and engineering geological mapping, geohazard assessment, site investigation and the application of geology to land use planning, for over 35 years.